The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-09. PORTRAIT OF 75575 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN J. G. MADDOX, WARWICK, QLD, BULLDOZER OPERATOR WITH A RAAF UNIT, AT WORK ON THE TARAKAN AIRSTRIP.
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-05. A RAAF LIBERATOR AIRCRAFT FLEW LOW OVER THE TARAKAN AIRSTRIP WHEN RAAF ENGINEERS WENT TO WORK ON IT AT FIRST LIGHT ON SUNDAY 1945-05-06. SHOWN: 820265 LEADING AIRCR
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-09. PORTRAIT OF 55778 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN J. H. WEBB OF YARRAGON, VIC, A TRANSPORT DRIVER WITH A RAAF UNIT.
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-05. RAAF ENGINEERS FACED A FORMIDABLE PROBLEM WHEN THEY GOT ONTO THE TARAKAN AIRSTRIP FOR THE JAPANESE DID THEIR BEST TO DESTROY IT WITH BOMBS AND MINES. 80365 LEADING
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO, 1945-05-12. A CATERPILLAR D.8 BULLDOZER TRYING TO EXTRICATE ITSELF FROM WET CLAY DURING THE BUILDING OF AN AIRSTRIP BY 8 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON, RAAF. IDENTIFIED PERSON
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. C. 1945-05-10. PRIMITIVE AND MECHANICAL METHODS WERE USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TARAKAN AIRSTRIP. NATIVES OF THE SURROUNDING ISLANDS, MOST OF WHOM WERE BROUGHT TO TARAKAN
TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-05. WORKING AT NIGHT ON THE AIRSTRIP ON TARAKAN BEFORE IT WAS SECURED BY THE AUSTRALIANS, RAAF BOMB DISPOSAL MEN PAVED THE WAY FOR THE OCCUPATION OF THE VITAL STRIP. 41
